Dharma, Intuition and Imagination in Times of Change

I live in the lush, dense, dark, temperate rainforest of Western North Carolina. In the spring and summer, when the mountains explode with the green of trees, ferns, herbs, fungus and flowers, my husband...

Western society has a compelling tendency to adapt every issue of life to the needs of the self. Self-compassion. Self-help. Self-acceptance. From a separate self to a connected self. True Self. A spiritual self....

Live in joy. in love,Even among those who hate.Live in joy, in health.Even among the afflicted.Live in joy, in peace,Even among the troubled.Look within. Be still.Free from fear and attachment,Know the sweet joy of...

Desire. It is a provocative word. What sensations, thoughts and feelings arise as you sit with it? Does energy come, or uncertainty? Fear, excitement or numbness? All of us have conditioned ideas and responses...